Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Ward (police officer)


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The result was redirect to Pittsburgh Police Chief. Daniel (talk) 11:23, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

William Ward (police officer)

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Generic police chief of mid-size city arguably falls under WP:NPOL and notability is not shown. Heck, he was acting police chief for less than three weeks so I'm baffled why my redirect to Pittsburgh Police Chief was reverted. Souces are routine and local. Reywas92Talk 14:14, 2 December 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  23:50, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. Reywas92Talk 14:14, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Pittsburgh Police Chief as previously done by Reywas92, although I would also support an outright delete too, however the latter offers some degree of potential unsuitable recreation. There are very few if any mentions of this person, beyond a handful of passing mentions but I cannot determine anything significant to assert notability. The Pittsburgh Police Chief lists many red links to former officers but this doesn't automatically mean each are notable. Bungle (talk • contribs) 20:27, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect per above Mujinga (talk) 16:34, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect not independently notable. Deathlibrarian (talk) 03:54, 12 December 2021 (UTC)


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